Re: lpr problem

[servis@purdue.edu]

On 11 Feb, Christopher Judd wrote:
> 	I just reinstalled most of my system (from 1.3.1 cd) after a crash, and am trying to set
> up printing.  lpr returns an error message "unable to get official name for local machine".  Any 
> pointers or info as to what causes this?
> 
> -Chris
> 

You might check the permissions on the host files like /etc/hosts
/etc/hostname, /etc/resolv.conf, etc.  Make sure they at least have
permissions of 444. 

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Brian 
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